Programmer Analyst

Function:
Commercial

Location:

Hybrid 1 day a week at any of our offices (Nottingham, Alfreton, Sheffield, Wakefield or Daresbury). Contract type: FTC 12mth / Secondment - 12mth Salary: £37,502 with the potential to rise to £41,669 over 3 years

NHS Supply Chain currently has an opportunity for you to join our team during an exciting period of transformation, working to make it easier for the NHS to put patients first.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Programmer Analyst to join our technology and data team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining software solutions that support supply chain operations, improve system performance, and enable smarter insights through data. You will work closely with business stakeholders, analysts and developers to translate requirements into scalable, reliable systems that enhance service deliver.

• Support and maintain data architecture for commercial allowing for consistent reporting across all directorates
• Support the data collection process from a wide range of sources to analyze key themes and identify possible impacts on the business.
• Document complex “as-is” and “to-be” processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the “to-be” capability to record accurately the changes required.
• Support the team to help with the alignment of business data, leverage expertise in data science and analytics to enhance insight capability, application and solution building for the business wide efficiencies.
• Support with insight creation and solutions building for commercial teams.
• Responsible for interpretation, analysis and presentation of data using a variety of tools including:
  Excel, Access, SQL, Alteryx, Power BI, Cognos, Python, Power Apps, Power Automate.

We want to reward you for your passion, enthusiasm, and hard work so we offer much more than a competitive salary:

• Hybrid working opportunities, giving you the flexibility to work collaboratively in the office and remotely.
• We recognise our employees' hard work and contributions with annual bonus schemes, long service, and colleague recognition awards.
• We are dedicated to your development, through in-house training, support, and access to external qualifications to maximise your potential.
• A focus on your well-being offering 1 day of paid well-being leave and free access to the 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous pension scheme (with us contributing 12% when you contribute 6%)
• Access to our Flexible Benefits Scheme, where you can choose from a variety of benefits such as Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover, Income Protection, Health Cash Plan, Dental Insurance, and additional pension contributions that suit you.
• 2 days of paid volunteering leave allowing you to give back to your community.
• Access to many discounts from the Blue Light Card to NHS Discounts.

Our role is to support the NHS to save lives and improve health. We are a part of the NHS family, and our role is to source, deliver and supply healthcare products, services and food for NHS trusts and healthcare organisations across England and Wales.

We serve every NHS Trust and operate a national network of distribution centres, managing relationships with more than a thousand suppliers and delivering more than 8,000,000 orders each year to more than 17,000 locations. Doing all of this on behalf of the NHS gives NHS staff more time to focus on their main priority of providing excellent patient care.

• Ability to analyse, interpret, and present complex data using a range of tools including Excel, SQL, Power BI, Python, Alteryx, Cognos, Power Apps, and Power Automate to create meaningful insights and solutions.
• Strong understanding of commercial needs, with experience supporting business solutions that deliver return on investment and improve efficiency across the organisation.
• Experience supporting and maintaining data architecture, integrating data from multiple sources to ensure consistent and reliable reporting across directorates.
• Capability to document complex “as-is” and “to-be” processes, clearly…